Some things you might not know about Disney...

[ClemsonTigger]

Which is a natural segue to the disputed chess pieces (minus the knight) on top of the Haunted Mansion.....

 

[WildLodgeFan]

You used to be able to swim in Bay Lake and The Seven Seas Lagoon.

This I remember - in the first two times I went in 1989 & 1990 and we stayed at the Contemporary. There were areas marked off.

 

[ClemsonTigger]

This I remember - in the first two times I went in 1989 & 1990 and we stayed at the Contemporary. There were areas marked off.

...and I have, off of the Poly beaches.....where the wave generating machine was built!

 

[hrcollectibles]

All the floats are driven by cast members, there is nothing keeping them on track, which is why it's so important that People do not cross the parade rout during the parade because the drivers can't see the rout very well in the dark. DON"T CROSS THE ROPES!!!!

Dr. Egon Spengler: Don't cross the streams.

Periodically throughout the day at MK they will play the sound of a chicken hawk. It is apparently the natural predator of the sea gull. Aparrently it drives the sea gulls away.

Except for those Sea Gulls on the Seas with Nemo and Friends sign.

I read in a book about the building of Walt Disney World that under the Florida Law that forms the Reedy Creek Development District, Disney has the right to build its own power plants including a nuclear power plant. I understand that there is a conventional power plant, but no one ever really planned for a nuclear power plant.

the Nuclear Power plant is in Springfield

The two golden camels seen at the Aladdin attraction were originally built for "Aladdins Royal Caravan" parade at the Disney-MGM Studios. After the parade was retired, the camels were found at the entrance to the Soundstage Restaurant (thanx to hiddenmickeys.org)

 

[unkadug]

Well they might be driven by cast members but he told us that those little thingys do something. I guess I don't remember exactly but it had to do with the floats and parades......... :veryconfu

They are called "pucks" and they are for the timing and spacing of the floats. :wave:

I believe that's what McNuggets are made of...

I always heard they were made from chicken lips. :lol:

 

[Slowjack]

The buildings on main street get smaller as you go toward the castle. This gives the illusion that the castle is bigger.

I don't think this was mentioned yet...if so, sorry!

It also gives the illusion that Main Street is longer than it actually is when entering the park and shorter when you are leaving!

Not true, though commonly believed. The following is from a 1997 article about WDW myths in Eyes & Ears, a WDW cast newsletter:

Myth #3a: The heights of the buildings on Main Street, U.S.A. get shorter
as you head toward the Hub, a trick of forced perspective to make the
castle appear more distant and more impressive through the illusion of
height.

Not true. The heights of the building facades vary a little bit here and
there but, on average, they are the same height all the way down the
street.

Myth #3b: The street frontage--or the widths--of the store facades get
narrower as you head toward the Hub, a trick of forced perspective to make
the castle seem . . .

Nope. Also not true. The store facades vary in width all up and down the
street. And they were mixed around repeatedly in the course of designing
the street.

Myth #3c: Main Street, U.S.A. itself gets narrower as you head toward the
Hub, a trick of forced perspective . . .

Bzzzzzz! Sorry, that's also incorrect. But thanks for playing. John
Hench, senior vice president of Walt Disney Imagineering and a Disney
Legend, says with a chuckle, "No, that's not true. Perhaps we should have
done that . . . but the street is the same width all the way down." John
also observed that had they actually done any of these tricks, the illusion
would have been reversed when looking back from the castle to the main
entrance. Town Square would appear to be closer than it is!

Myth #3d: But that's what they did! I was told the (myth version of your
choice here) illusion works in reverse for a reason . . . so that tired,
weary guests coming into the Hub at the end of a long day would look down
Main Street, U.S.A. to the train station and think it wasn't all that much
farther to walk!

Not the case. John verifies that all of the above versions on the same
theme of forced perspective along Main Street, U.S.A. are false. Though
he's flattered that so many are willing to credit the Imagineers of that
day with this much foresight!

 

[unkadug]

Maybe so, but the above was written by a cast member who use to be a bus driver. :lol:

Or maybe I was a bus driver in a former life. :shrug:


Anyway, interesting urban legend shot to heck and back.

 

[Timekeeper]

At the Monster's Inc. Laugh Floor, the Timekeeper AA and circle-vision film projectors are still in place, hidden behind the current set design.

 

[WDW Monorail]

If I'm not mistaken, it synchs the area music with the parade float music. In other words, it starts that song in that area at the point at which the song is playing in the first float. That way when the float arrives, and people are singing on the float, the are singing the exact same lines as those playing on the loudspeakers in that area of the park. Each time you watch the parade the music starts at a different point in the song, even if you stand in the same spot every day. The parade is approximately the same length every day, but not exactly, thus the need for synching.

Doug is correct, the pucks are (or where) for tracking purposes only.

The music is synched to the floats via a timecode signal from DACS.

 

[Gorjus]

Doug is correct, the pucks are (or where) for tracking purposes only.

The music is synched to the floats via a timecode signal from DACS.

What is DACS?

 

[Pumbas Nakasak]

Disneys Animal Cingdom Studios

 

[Gorjus]

That makes sense Cingdom and cinging and cinking float music. Although I still maintain the Disney needs to come up with better names for things.

 

[shakes20]

What is DACS?

Digital animation control system...

Here's a pretty good link about it:

http://www.magicalkingdoms.com/blog/2008/07/08/the-history-of-disneys-audio-animatronics/

 

[natolij02]

I heard that Disney generates their own power......how very smart of them.....hence how they can afford blasting airconditioning in the stores with the doors open:brick:

 

[cblodg]

A great mystery revealed

Maybe not, as the Great wall is not visible, its an urban myth.

It is not visible from the moon, but it is visible from SPACE

I hope the images worked

 

[Pumbas Nakasak]

It is not visible from the moon, but it is visible from SPACE

I hope the images worked

A 180mm lens is not the same as a human eye, well not according to my training and the folks at NASA.

You can see people from space, with the correct equipment.:animwink: